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About what they stand for. >> theres one senator whos already said hes not even going to vote to a motion to proceed and thats rand paul of kentucky. hes a libertarian. why would he blow up this bill? if this fails, james, you get obama care. >> yeah, and i think republicans who vote against it also deserve primary challenges because the united states government has unfunded liabilities in the tens of trillions or perhaps the hundreds of trillions. this is one little baby step towards reforming ...

A major rewrite of a vital entitlement program without having any hearings or consideration of the implications. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell cannot lose any more votes if he hopes to get the bill through. the president who has let mcconnell take to lead in the day-to-day negotiations is stepping up his public push to get the bill passed. he tweeted four times about health care friday morning writing republican senators are working hard to get their failed obamacare bill approved. i will be at m...

Medicaid, why would you want to tie your health care system to an entitlement program where spending is completely out of control. >> what do you think? >> im a mom and studies say stop throwing more money at your kids, and spend time with them. and i think the same thing, let the market allow for competition. this is what drives innovation and drives down prices and i think republicans have sort of forgotten that. except senator cruz who did suggest we move away from the minimum essential benef...

Explains it may be an uphill battle for the white house. >> senate leadership and the white house are currently engaged in a high-stakes campaign rallying to get the 50 votes they need to get this health care reform bill passed. the white house and senate lead remembers making an aggressive push to convince republican members to vote yes on their latest version of health care reform. >> we are very, very close to ending this health care nightmare. we are so close. >> 52 republican senators have ...

The plan. >> it does not make sense to do a major rewrite of a vital entitlement program without having any hearings or consideration of the implication. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell cannot lose any more votes if he hopes to get the bill through. he tweeted four times about health care friday morning writing quote, republican senators are working hard to get their failed obamacare replacement approved. i will be at my desk, pen in hand. vice president mike pence made a sim...

Get the 50 votes they need to get this bill passed. tonight, the white house and senate leaders are making an aggressive push to convince republican members to vote yes on their latest version of health care reform. >> we are very, very close to ending this health care nightmare. we are so close. >> reporter: 52 republican senators have now had more than 24 hours to digest the bill and as it stands right now, two members, susan collins of maine and rand paul of kentucky, remain opposed to the ...

Members, susan collins of maine and rand paul of kentucky, remain opposed to the plan. >> it does not make sense to do a major rewrite of a vital entitlement program without having any hearings or consideration of the implications. >> reporter: that means senate majority leader mitch mcconnell cannot lose any more votes if he hopes to get the bill through. the president, who hazls let mcconnell take the lead in the day-to-day negotiations has stepped up to get the bill passed. he wrote on friday...

Anything and thats not our promise. >> it does not make sense to do a major rewrite of a vital entitlement program without any heari hearings of consideration of the implications. that is the reason i cannot support the bill. >> the modified bill provided 45 billion to fight the opioid epidemic, $70 billion to stabilize the cost of health care, extension of three obamacare taxes, allows insurers to sell new low cost, strip-ed down policies that are not obamacare compliant. mcconnell is expected ...

Of the subsidies, continues to keep majority of the regulations. really i think were keeping obama care as much as anything, and thats not our promise. >> it does not make sense to do a major rewrite of a vital entitlement program without having any hearings or considerati consideration. thats something that is a major reason that i find myself unable to support the bill. >> why no democrats expected to vote for the bill, majority leader mitch mcconnell knees 50 of the gop senators to pass the l...

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